Notembee 17, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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remedy for the redundancy. Moreover, there is 

 none. 



Correction?. — In ourreport of the National Chyrsan- 

 themum Society, in our last issue, p. 547 (mis- 

 cellaneous Exhibits), for G. Bunyard & Co., read, 

 T. Bunyard, Ashford, had a collection of Apples ; 

 and on the same page in the twelve Japanese 

 blooms, Metropolitan class, for Buck read Beech. 



Fruit for Profit : G. C. We cannot, in these pages, 

 afford you the special information you seek, but 

 refer you to the recent numbers of the Gardeners? 

 Chronicle dealing with this matter, viz., the issues 

 for October 6, 13, 20 and 27. 



Grapes : P. D. W. Thev appear to have been rubbed 

 severely with the hand, or to have been syringed 

 heavily continuously. Red-spider will damage 

 Grapes sometimes by consuming the bloom on the 

 berries. 



" Luffentlicheslede " : Dr. L. We are quite un- 

 able to surmise what is meant. There is, probably, 

 some error in transcription. 



Mustard and Cress : T. Smith. See our " Kitchen 

 Garden " calendar in this issue. 



Names of Fruit : D. E. 1, local Cider Apple ; 2, 

 Blenheim Orange. — W. P. 1, rotten; 2, Beurre 

 Capiaumont ; 3 and 4, not recognised ; 5, Ribston 

 Pippin ; 6, Warner's King. — M. J. B. 1, Haw- 

 thornden ; 2, Fearn's Pippin ; 3, not recognised ; 



4, Cox's Orange Pippin. — W. N. 1, Grange's 

 Pearmain ; 2, unknown ; 3, Scarlet Nonpareil ; 4, 

 Wadhurst Pippin ; 5, Golden Reinette ; 6, Royal 

 Russet. — G. S. Apples : 1, Peasgood's Nonsuch ; 

 others unknown. — S. D. 1, Marie Louise il'Uccle ; 

 2, Beurre Gris ; 3, Thompson's ; 4, Emile d'Heyst ; 



5, Beurre Bosc ; 6, unknown. — J. T. Pear: King 

 Edward. — S. Pope. 1, Wadhurst Pippin ; 2, War- 

 ner's King; 3, Hambledon Deux Ans. — W. W. 

 1, Beurre Capiaumont ; 2, Passe Colmar. 



Names of Plants : P. D. W. Embothrium cocci- 

 neum ; Athrotaxis laxifolia ; Thuia gigantea. — 

 F. S. 3f. Single flower, Odontoglossum tripudians ; 

 the other is Oncidium pnetextum. — H. G. E. 

 Crinum Mooreanum. — J.Fisher. 1, Epidennrum 

 sp., cannot determine without flower ; 2, Brassa- 

 vola Digbyana. Your other question next week. 

 — J. B. Way. 1, Eria pubescens ; 2, Catasetnm 

 fuliginosum ; 3, Cattleya Dowiana aurea. — G. 

 Mantin. 1, Goody era sp.; send a leaf with flower, 

 otherwise we cannot determine the species ; 2, 

 Phahenopsis Esmeralda; 3, Odontoglossum grande 

 (fine flower). — T. Gell. Matricaria multiflora 

 < South Africa). — F. H. 3, Erica propendens (a 

 rare plant) ; 4, E. spumosa. — P. H. Gosse. Poly- 

 gala chamtebuxus. — Constant Reader. The Oak is 

 one of the innumerable seedling forms of the 

 common Evergreen Oak. — A. C. H. Both Picea 

 Morinda. — /. H. Cymbidium Lowianum. — South 

 Devon. 1, Thuiopsis nutkaensis (borealis) ; 2, 

 Juniperus recurva ; 3, Cupressns, next week ; 4, 

 Lamium purpureum, golden-leaved variety ; 5, 

 Geranium sanguineum. — E. M. Pleione, next 

 week. 



Perversion of French Names : E. P. W. It is 

 not fair to expect an ordinary gardener to be a 

 French scholar, and we do not think your pro- 

 posed scheme would [do anything to lessen the 

 torturings of which you complain. As you are 

 going to try the effect of inducing your gardener 

 to pronounce Dupuis Jamain as " Dupwee Jam- 

 mang," and Gloire de Dijon as " Glwore der 

 Deejon," and so forth, you will soon be enabled to 

 judge for yourself how your proposed plan will 

 work ; but we are quite certain no Frenchman 

 would recognise French as you propose it should 

 be spoken in English gardens, any better than 

 according to present arrangements. 



Planting Sandhills : A. D. W. The MS. is mis- 

 laid, and if found it shall be returned to you. 



Poultry : W. Chitty. The articles you would supply 

 do not come within the scope of the paper. 



Solanums : G. H. We suppose you mean the ordi- 

 nary berried species, which is easily raised from 

 seed or cuttings. Young plants raised from either 

 may be planted out in moderately good ground in 

 the full sunshine, or they may be kept in pots, giving 

 only slight shifts as they seem to require them. 

 Let the pots stand on a bed of coal-ashes, or 

 plunge them in the same to the rim. The essen- 

 tials are— syringing to keep down red-spider, care- 

 ful .watering, and not permitting them to suffer 

 from dryness at the root, which is fatal to leaf and 

 bloom. The drainage of the pot should be efficient, 



and the compost, sandy loam and leaf-mould. 

 After August is out, the plants in the open ground 

 should be potted, and all of them be put into frames, 

 so as to be quite under control. From November 

 onwards treat them as greenhouse plants, and 

 some, even a little warmer, if the berries are 

 wanted to colour early. They require in the 

 winter months plenty of light and ventilation, but 

 not draughts of cold air. 



The Heaviest Bunch of Grapes : F. H. F. On 

 September 16, 1875, at Glasgow show, Mr. Carron 

 showed a bunch of Trebbiano of 26 lb. 4 oz. in 

 weight. 



Tomato Culture: A. X. Y. W. There is no book 

 which treats of this subject, nor is there any need 

 of one. Any book on gardening matters treats the 

 subject explicitly enough. 



Vines : E. M. They are not, as you suppose, 

 affected with Phylloxera, but seem to have suffered 

 at the root from some deleterious substance, or 

 from excessive heat at the root. Your note gives 

 no clue as to cause, and we cannot assist you 

 further. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Little & Ballantvne, Carlisle — Trees and Shrubs. 

 William Etherington, The Gardens, Swanscombe, 



Kent — Chrysanthemums. 

 Enoch White, Royal Bournemouth and Victoria 



Nurseries, Bournemouth — Roses, Fruit Trees, 



&c. 

 The Liverpool Horticultural Company, The 



Vineyard and Nurseries, Garston, near Liver- 

 pool — Ornamental and Fruit Trees, Roses, &c. 

 Thomas Kennedy & Co., 106 and 10S. High Street, 



Dumfries, N.B. — Forest, Fruit, and Ornamental 



Trees. 

 James Backhouse & Son, The Nurseries, York — 



Hoses. 

 Emile Cappe, Rue de l'Eglise, Vesinet, Seine-et- 



Oise, France — Hybrid Begonias, Orchids, Bro- 



meliads, &c. 

 Rittergut, Zoschen, near Merseburg, Germany — 



Shrubs, Forest Trees, Roses, &c. 



Communications Received.— E. Steward.— O. T.— J. D.— 

 A. H.— W. B. H.— J. Veitch & Sons.— J. R. J.— H. M.— 

 S. M.— J. Peed.— J. Rust.— E. C— E.— E. J.— J. S.— Theta.— 

 W. E.— S. C.^T. Carter & Co.— Sutton & Sons.— J. Geddes, 

 W. W., 1/AUegro (next week).— J. T. B.— W. T. T. D.— 



.i. c— p. w.— d. j. y.— c. n.—y. b— m\ d.— h. h. d'o.— 



C W. D.— R. H. M. 



gp" Correspondents sending plants or fruits to be named, or 

 asking questions demanding time and research for their solution, 

 must not expect to obtain an answer to their enquiries in the 

 current week. 



The Cork Industry in Spain.— The British 

 consul at Barcelona, in a report just published, states 

 that during the past year there has been much im- 

 provement in the cork industry, because there has 

 been an extraordinary demand for the superior kinds 

 of corks for champagne. The export of corks to 

 England, the Continent, and the United States, has 

 been greater than in former years. Gerona is the 

 most important centre of the cork industry in Spain, 

 and an idea of the magnitude of the manufacture 

 may be gathered from the following figures : — In 

 188s the export of cork in pieces amounted to 

 15,883 cwt., while the number of corks exported was 

 1.137,217,000, representing a total value of about 

 £600,000- In 1886 this increased to 19,6.35 cwt. of 

 pieces, 16,357 squares, and 1,104,902,000 corks, of a 

 total value of £710,000. The corks are made with 

 diminutive machines of the simplest kind. Hun- 

 dreds of factories are scattered over the province of 

 Gerona, the town of Palamos alone having forty. In 

 some places the Cork trees have been suffering from 

 the invasion of a pest which threatened to destroy 

 them. A voracious caterpillar, or worm, appeared 

 by millions in the Cork forests, and in a very short 

 time stripped the trees of all the leaves from the 

 tips of the branches to the trunks. These worms 

 are now in their turn attacked and devoured by 

 another insect, a species of beetle of a dark green 

 colour, and armed with a horn with which it cuts 

 the worms up. Another insect in the form of a 

 crab (eangrejo) pursues the worms and destroys 

 them. Moreover, when the caterpillar has passed 

 through its metamorphosis, and the butterflies have 

 deposited their eggs, another insect, until now un- 

 known, attacks and pierces the bags containing the 

 new germs, and destroys them. It is hoped that by 

 means of these three agencies the complete extinc- 

 tion of the destructive caterpillars may be accom- 

 plished. 



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LOAM, PREPARED COMPOST I Is. per bush.. 3s. per sack 



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TOBACCO CLOTH, or PAPER Is. lb. ; 28 lb., 27s. 



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COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE. 



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VJ~ Gardeners since 1S59 against Red Spider, Mildew, 

 Thrips, Green Fly, and other Blight. 1 to 2 ounces to the 

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GISHUKSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft on 

 wet ground. Boxes, 6d. and Is., from the Trade. 

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